Visa and Passport Information for Brazil
Please be aware that passports and visas for foreign visitors, the Brazil government follows reciprocity protocols with other countries: hence, a passport and a valid visa are required for travelers that are citizens of countries that impose those same requirements upon visiting Brazil.
As of October 2010, examples of visa requirements are as follows:
Brazilian Visa and Passport Requirement |
For Citizens of: |
National Identification Card |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay. |
Valid Passport |
UK, European Community* |
Valid Passport and Tourist Visa* |
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia< Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, North Korea, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Federated States of Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Palestinian Authority, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Santa Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
*Partial list. A more complete and updated information can be found athttp://www.portalconsular.mre.gov.br/estrangeiros/quadro-de-regime-de-vistos-simplificado-ingles.pdf